# Themes for Gibbon 15?

**URL:** <https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/themes-for-gibbon-15/1634>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [March 14, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/themes-for-gibbon-15/1634 "2018-03-14T04:47:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vlaoic](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@vlaoic](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/vlaoic)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/themes-for-gibbon-15/1634/1 "2018-03-14T04:47:14Z")

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Hi, I have tried to change the theme in Gibbon 15 and also tried to copy the default theme. Both attempts show “Theme Error”. Does Gibbon 15 support the changing of themes or am I doing something wrong? Thank you

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**Author:** ![ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/ross/32/8_2.png) [@ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/ross)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/themes-for-gibbon-15/1634/2 "2018-03-14T05:45:25Z")

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Good question. In short, you can copy Default and then change the name of the folder to the theme name you wish to use. Then make sure that you get the exact same theme name in manifest.php in the theme.

However, v15 has a bug where themes with spaces in the name do not work properly. This has been fixed in v16, and the fix, linked below, is backwards compatible with v15:

[https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core/commit/fe4d92f8e282b31d754406104ba63beda09a8928](https://github.com/GibbonEdu/core/commit/fe4d92f8e282b31d754406104ba63beda09a8928)

Hope this helps!

Ross

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**Author:** ![vlaoic](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@vlaoic](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/vlaoic)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/themes-for-gibbon-15/1634/3 "2018-03-16T04:23:35Z")

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Hi, I tried following the link and editing my file but I had some errors. Is there somewhere I can download the fixed file theme\_manage.php to replace in Gibbon 15? Thank you

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**Author:** ![ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/ross/32/8_2.png) [@ross](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/ross)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/themes-for-gibbon-15/1634/4 "2018-03-16T05:07:59Z")

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You should be able to take the whole file from the above commit (I’ve linked the file below for convenience) and that should do the trick I believe:

[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GibbonEdu/core/fe4d92f8e282b31d754406104ba63beda09a8928/modules/System%20Admin/theme\_manage.php](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GibbonEdu/core/fe4d92f8e282b31d754406104ba63beda09a8928/modules/System%20Admin/theme_manage.php)

Let us know how you get on.

Ross

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**Author:** ![vlaoic](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@vlaoic](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/vlaoic)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/themes-for-gibbon-15/1634/5 "2018-03-19T02:37:02Z")

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Thank you, it worked! Just to mention to others…If you extract a theme after downloading, make sure you get to the root folder. For example the theme Darkness v1.4.01. You must copy-over the folder “Darkness” inside the folder or it will not be recognized.